Legacy: The Best Of Mansun (released 18 September 2006) is the first official 'best of' collection from Mansun. It collects all the bands Parlophone lead-EP tracks and selected album tracks which were compiled by Paul Draper and Dominic Chad. It was released as a standard CD, special edition CD and DVD set featuring all the bands promo videos and digital download. In Japan the compilation included two bonus tracks.
| Legacy: The Best Of Mansun | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 18 September 2006 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 1995–2006 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Britpop | |||
| Length | 72:41 (CD) 79:55 (Japan CD) 159:00 (DVD) | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.5/10)[2] |
| Stylus Magazine | (B)[3] |
| musicOMH | [4] |
| Clickmusic.com | [5] |
Contents edit
There is an unreleased track "South of the Painted Hall" that you can download for free when you sign up on their mailing list and insert the CD into your computer. The track was recorded in 2001 for the band's fourth album. When the band split, all unreleased recordings were to be released as a compilation; Kleptomania. Unfortunately, the vocal track for "South of the Painted Hall" was lost and so the track was not included. During the compilation of Legacy, a demo CD was found in the archives containing a rough mix of the track, complete with vocals. It is this version that is available for download.
As Mansun's albums were concept albums, each a continuous piece of music, many of the band's singles had to be re-edited or even re-recorded, especially those from their second album Six. The single version of Being a Girl, for example, was just the first two minutes of section of a track which, on the album, lasted over seven.
The special edition included a DVD that featured all of the bands promo videos, a live performance of "Taxloss", a montage of video footage set to "Love Remains" and Nobody Cares When You're Gone a twenty-minute documentary produced for the compilation. The documentary was cut from the band's own personal footage and narrated by Paul Draper and Dominic Chad, who have given a new rare audio interview especially for the documentary (their first together since the end of the band).
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Paul Draper; except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Can Only Disappoint U" (single mix) | Paul Draper, Dominic Chad | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Wide Open Space" | 4:33 | |
| 3. | "Stripper Vicar" | 4:09 | |
| 4. | "Being a Girl (Part One)" | 2:00 | |
| 5. | "Negative" (edit) | Paul Draper, Dominic Chad, Stove King, Andie Rathbone | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Take It Easy Chicken" (Two EP recording) | 4:28 | |
| 7. | "Legacy" (radio edit) | 5:56 | |
| 8. | "She Makes My Nose Bleed" | 4:08 | |
| 9. | "Closed for Business" | 3:07 | |
| 10. | "Six" (single version) | 3:57 | |
| 11. | "Getting Your Way" | 4:32 | |
| 12. | "Electric Man" (single edit) | 4:16 | |
| 13. | "The Chad Who Loved Me" | 5:03 | |
| 14. | "Egg Shaped Fred" (One EP recording) | 3:54 | |
| 15. | "Slipping Away" | 3:44 | |
| 16. | "Fool" (edit) | 3:34 | |
| 17. | "Taxloss" | 7:16 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18. | "Skin Up Pin Up" (Japanese bonus track) | 3:39 | |
| 19. | "What It's Like to Be Hated" (Japanese bonus track) | Paul Draper, Dominic Chad | 3:24 |
| 20. | "South of the Painted Hall" (Download-only bonus track, made available for download by visiting this website with the CD inserted) | 3:24 |
| No. | Title | Director | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Flourella" | 4:24 | |
| 2. | "Egg Shaped Fred" | Lawrence Watson | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Take It Easy Chicken" | Walter Stern | 4:29 |
| 4. | "Stripper Vicar" | Dwight Clarke | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Wide Open Space" | Paul Cunningham | 4:44 |
| 6. | "Wide Open Space (US version)" | Nigel Dick | 4:38 |
| 7. | "She Makes My Nose Bleed" | John Hillcoat | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Taxloss" | Roman Coppola | 4:38 |
| 9. | "Closed for Business" | James Brown | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Legacy" | Mike Mills | 4:40 |
| 11. | "Being a Girl (Part One)" | Jamie Thraves | 2:03 |
| 12. | "Negative" (Paul Draper, Dominic Chad, Stove King, Andie Rathbone) | Jamie Thraves | 4:06 |
| 13. | "Six" | Grant Gee | 3:58 |
| 14. | "I Can Only Disappoint U" (Paul Draper, Dominic Chad) | Grant Gee | 4:31 |
| 15. | "Electric Man" | Grant Gee | 4:21 |
| 16. | "Fool" | Phil Harder | 4:14 |
| 17. | "Nobody Cares When You're Gone" (documentary) | 19:54 | |
| 18. | "Taxloss (Live at Brixton Academy – 23/10/98)" | 6:38 | |
| 19. | "Love Remains (Super 8 montage)" | 2:47 |
Personnel edit
- Mansun were
- Early band members
- Carlton Hibbert (1995–1996)
- Mark Swinnerton (1995–1996)
- Julian Fenton (1996)
- CD track listing credits
- Paul Draper - producer (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17), strings arrangement (9), mixing (15)
- Hugh Padgham - producer (1, 12, 16)
- Mark 'Spike' Stent - producer (4, 5, 7), mixing (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17), additional production (8), strings recording (9)
- Arthur Baker - producer (10), mixing (10)
- Richard Rainey - producer (11, 15)
- Mike Hunter - co-producer (1, 12, 16), engineer (2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 19), assistant engineer (3, 6, 14), recording (4, 13, 17)
- Ian Caple - engineer (2, 3), recording (13, 17)
- Ronnie Stone - engineer (3, 6, 8, 14), recording (13), mixing (14)
- Cenzo Townshend - engineer (11, 15), mixing (11)
- Clif Norrell - mixing (3, 13)
- Nick Griffiths - mixing (18)
- Ian Grimble - mixing (19)
- Dominic Chad - harpsichord (9)
- Stephen Hussey - strings arrangement (9)
- DVD credits
- Jonathan Walton - editing (Nobody Cares When You're Gone)
- Steve Lamacq - Audio interviewer (Nobody Cares When You're Gone)
- Jai Stokes - editing ("Taxloss (Live at Brixton Academy – 23/10/98)")
- Hollo - filmed on the road footage, 1997 ("Love Remains (Super 8 montage)")
- Grant Gee - filmed on-stage footage, 1998 ("Love Remains (Super 8 montage)")
- Compilation credits
- Christian Wright - mastering (at Abbey Road Studios)
- Paul Draper, Dominic Chad - compilers
- Matt Davey - project co-ordination
- Pennie Smith - booklet photography
- Tom Sheehan, Neil Mersh, Yosuke Komatsu, Ian Tilson, Satako Owada (Positive Insanity), Amanda Smith - Front sleeve montage
- Traffic - Design
Chart positions edit
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Album Chart[6] | 144 |
References edit
- ^ O'Brien, Jon. Legacy: The Best of Mansun at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Stuart Berman (2 October 2006). "Mansun: Legacy: The Best of Mansun". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Nick Southall (13 October 2006). "Mansun – Legacy: The Best of Mansun –". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Jamil Ahmad (18 September 2006). "Mansun – Legacy: The Best Of (Parlophone) –". musicOMH. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ David Cook (19 September 2006). "Mansun – Legacy: The Best Of". Clickmusic.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "UK Chartlog". zobbel.de. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
External links edit
- Legacy: The Best Of Mansun at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)